
17 - 04 - 2018
Wider customer insight, better strategyStrategy is, or it should be, focused on decisions regarding…
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01 - 02 - 2018
Achieve more with better ‘conscious’ strategyEngaging the company’s mind in strategy Human consciousness is amazing…
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15 - 01 - 2018
Strategy execution event – going from good to greatOur autumn strategy breakfast (run in conjunction with Clive Owen…
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09 - 01 - 2018
A clear focus on the right things in 2018There follows a translation of key environmental factors into ‘mega’…
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27 - 11 - 2017
What does the Strategist of the future look like?The converging forces of digital technology, artificial intelligence, Brexit, wider…
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13 - 09 - 2017
Events that share and inspire great strategySpring and summer saw SPURR delivering events to groups of…
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13 - 09 - 2017
SPURR’s 1st birthday!During the summer SPURR celebrated its 1st birthday. The last…
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31 - 07 - 2017
This summer, TURN ON, TUNE IN, DROP OUTTimothy Leary’s infamous counter-cultural phrase was made 50 years ago…
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07 - 06 - 2017
Be ‘outside-in’ to achieve great thingsIt’s true that great strength can come from within. After…
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10 - 03 - 2017
Re-balance the strategy to re-balance the economyThoughts on the government’s Industrial Strategy and what would improve…
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01 - 02 - 2017
Industry consolidation – don’t be a spectatorIt’s highly likely that whichever sector you are in (apart…
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21 - 12 - 2016
Don’t be ‘stuck in the middle’December is an excellent time for those looking at developing…
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04 - 11 - 2016
REAL CUSTOMER INSIGHT – The recipe for great strategyGreat strategy must address the key needs of customers, then…
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03 - 10 - 2016
Strategy and entrepreneurship – Can companies get the best of both worlds?The media image of an entrepreneur is usually a ‘lone…
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05 - 09 - 2016
Have a ‘beautiful, but useless’ strategy? Take action.You’ve spent days, possibly weeks or even months with your…
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27 - 07 - 2016
Scale-ups – don’t be limited by the pastThe business press over the last week has provided an…
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15 - 07 - 2016
The biggest mistake in strategy?We are often told that to succeed in business you…
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01 - 07 - 2016
Directors need cool heads and confidenceYesterday’s IOD Director of the Year Awards for Yorkshire and…
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29 - 06 - 2016
What is corporate strategy anyway?Read ten blogs and you'll probably get ten different answers! …
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23 - 05 - 2016
Clarifying business strategyAgain a question with a variety of confusing responses, not…
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22 - 05 - 2016
What is marketing strategy?Easily the most misunderstood and misused terms in the business…
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